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Brazilby Ignacy Sachs; Jorge Wilheim; Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro
The University of North Carolina Press 2009; US$ 65.00Brazil, the largest of the Latin American nations, is fast becoming a potent international economic player as well as a regional power. This English translation of an acclaimed Brazilian anthology provides critical overviews of Brazilian life, history, and culture and insight into Brazil's development over the past century. The distinguished essayists, most of whom are Brazilian, provide expert perspectives on the social, economic, and cultural challenges that face Brazil as it seeks future directions in the age of globalization.All of the contributors connect past, present, and future Brazil. Their analyses converge on the observation that although Brazil has undergone radical changes during the past one hundred years, trenchant legacies... more...
The True History of his Captivity 1557by Malcolm Letts
Routledge 2004; US$ 210.00The first part of the book is a straightforward account of the author's personal experiences. The second part is a detailed treatise on the customs of the Tupinambá, their polity, trade, religion, manufactures and warlike undertakings. more...
Narrative, Political Unconscious, and Racial Violence in Wilmington, North Carolinaby Leslie Hossfeld
Routledge 2004; US$ 113.00This work examines the counter-narratives of social actors that may be used as resources to promote and create social change, particularly racial change. more...
Rio & the Best of Brazil Aliveby Arnold Greenberg; Harriet Greenberg
Hunter Publishing 2007; US$ 18.99A 420-page travel guide with color photos and maps throughout more...
Another Arabesqueby John Tofik Karam
Temple University Press 2008; US$ 27.95Offering a novel approach to the study of ethnicity in the neoliberal market, Another Arabesque is the first full-length book in English to focus on the estimated seven million Arabs in Brazil. With insights gained from interviews and fieldwork, John Tofik Karam examines how Brazilians of Syrian-Lebanese descent have gained greater visibility and prominence as the country has embraced its globalizing economy, particularly its relations with Arab Gulf nations. At the same time, he recounts how Syrian-Lebanese descendents have increasingly self-identified as "Arabs." Karam demonstrates how Syrian-Lebanese ethnicity in Brazil has intensified through market liberalization, government transparency, and consumer diversification. Utilizing... more...
The Sorcery of Colorby Elisa Larkin Nascimento
Temple University Press 2008; US$ 30.95Originally published in 2003 in Portuguese, The Sorcery of Color argues that there are longstanding and deeply-rooted relationships between racial and gender inequalities in Brazil. In this pioneering book, Elisa Larkin Nascimento examines the social and cultural movements that have attempted, since the early twentieth century, to challenge and eradicate these conjoined inequalities. The book's title describes the social sleight-of-hand that disguises the realities of Brazilian racial inequity. According to Nascimento, anyone who speaks of racism—or merely refers to another person as black—traditionally is seen as racist. The only acceptably non-racist attitude is silence. At the same time, Afro-Brazilian culture... more...
Brazil Travel Adventuresby John Waggoner
Hunter Publishing 2008; US$ 19.99Brazil is one of the culturally rich nations in South America. This title provides readers with what they need to know for planning a trip to this area, including the best places to stay and eat - for various tastes and budgets; practical travel advice; and info on what to pack and when to go. more...
North Carolinaby Katherine M. Doherty
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 35.00Describes life in the early colony, including the many conflicts with Native Americans, disease, the presence of pirates, the use of timber and tar in shipbuilding (which contributed to the state's nickname "The Tar Heel State"), and the history of slavery in the colony. more...
Our Separate Waysby Christina Greene
The University of North Carolina Press 2005; US$ 69.95Christina Greene examines how several generations of black and white women, low-income as well as more affluent, shaped the struggle for black freedom in Durham, North Carolina. Greene demonstrates that women activists frequently were more organized, more militant, and more numerous than their male counterparts. more...
Breaking Loose Togetherby Marjoleine Kars
The University of North Carolina Press 2002; US$ 55.00The Regulator Rebellion of 1766-71 pitted thousands of farmers against political and economic elites who opposed the Regulators' proposed reforms. This work delves deeply into the world and ideology of free rural colonists, examining the rebellion's economic, religious and political roots. more...









